Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Ronglu’s Former Residences

Located at 3 & 5 Ju'er Hutong and 6 Shoubi Hutong south of Jiaodaokou in Dongcheng district, this was Ronglu's home in Beijing.
Ronglu's Former Residences
Ronglu(1836-1903), was a Manchu White Bannerman surnamed Gua'erjia, and was once the most powerful official during the reign period of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. He served as the minister of works, minister of war, viceroy of Zhili and supreme commander of the Beiyang Army, grant min- ister of state, great adademician in the Hall of Literary Glory.

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